phase that s according to the un. the humanitarian relief co ordinator told the bbc that militants were directly targeting families who remain trapped. iraqi forces supported by kurds, shia militias and us forces are pushing into western mosul, which is still largely held by the last remaining militants. eastern mosul is back in the hands of the government. alan johnston reports. in the ruins of the streets, the battle grinds on. one more shot fired and in the heat and the attack continues on the fringes of mosul old city. in the distance, the mosque held by the militants and they may well fight to the death to try to keep it. as the army presses forward , try to keep it. as the army presses forward, fears grow for the thousands of civilians trapped in the old city. they are in danger of being hit accidentally by the attacking government forces and the un said the militants are using civilians as human shields, targeting those who try to escape. some families to gather thei
say dozens of civilians have been killed while fleeing a neighbourhood held by islamic state fighters. exactly how they died is not yet clear. but there have been reports of the militants targeting civilians attempting to escape the city. iraqi government forces retook eastern mosul back injanuary. they began a new push this week to capture the remaining part held by islamic state in the west. the latest fighting is focused on al zanjili which is near the river tigris. alan johnston reports. they are escaping. they decided to gather their children and take their chancesin gather their children and take their chances in the streets of this war zone, fleeing neighbourhoods controlled by the militants. there was danger all around, from the militants and the attacking government forces and their us allies in aircraft overhead. translation: i went out to bring water from a nearby place. we were about 200 or 250 people, and a member of islamic state walked amongst us. minutes later
modric past and ronaldo pounced. time forjuventus to have a man sent off and real madrid to score another. legendary status ascending even further. madrid s legendary status of sending even further. i huge roar has erupted from the stadium behind me, real madrid have another european cup. so many superlatives to use about this match, and juventus have been brilliant this season but yet again, as we have seen, real madrid and cristiano ronaldo arejust again, as we have seen, real madrid and cristiano ronaldo are just that much better. ollie foster live in cardiff. thanks. aidan o brien‘s 40 1 shot wings of eagles won today s epsom derby. jockey padraig beggy, in his first ride in the race, brought the horse home from deep in the field to beat favourites cliffs of moher and cracksman, who was ridden by frankie dettori in third. andy murray beatjuan martin del potro in straight sets to reach the fourth round of the french open as he looks to replicate his run to last year s fi
bringing the near nine month battle for the city to an end. the iraqi military was made to fight for every street. haider al abadi has been seen walking through mosul‘s streets, congratulating the troops alongside him. he was expected to make a speech, formally declaring victory, but that has not yet happened. a few hours ago, mr al abadi took to twitter to deliver the news. iraqi security forces have been celebrating on the streets of mosul. it s three years since the group calling itself islamic state seized control of iraq s second largest city. it still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. these images from the old city show the scale of the destruction. earlier there were reports of continuing clashes, the so called islamic state group still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. our correspondentjonathan beale reports from the front line. what was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by months
senior adviser and son in law jared kushner will today face the student from senate intelligence committee is investigations into russian interference moves a step closer. from washington laura bicker reports. jared kushner. jared kushner. .. jared jared kushner. jared kushner is not being centrestage, is one of double trumps close as advisers he has been silent on his side seem rarely heard he has done some talking with russians. first with the russian ambassador. and even with this man, he is the head of a russian bank tied to the investigation. when asked about that meeting, sergey gorkov sergey gorkov said ask the white house. his father in law did not seem to please. jarrod has now become much more famous than me. laughter i am a little bit upset about that. mr kushner was also part of a meeting with the russian lawyer arranged by donald trump junior. he s with the russian lawyer arranged by donald trumpjunior. he s bound to be asked about it in congress today. we wa n